We who travel with firearms need to be careful not to run afoul of the fifty-piece patchwork quilt of United States gun laws.\u00a0 This goes double on commercial aircraft and triple when we travel to other nations.\u00a0 Take it from someone who regularly has to go up to airline ticket counters and say, \u201cMy name is Massad Ayoob and I have two handguns,\u201d though I try to phrase it more diplomatically than that.<\/p>\n
A case in point follows, submitted by one of my friends and graduates. Names are deleted to prevent embarrassment:<\/p>\n
An interesting story I thought I would pass forward. My Dad, Wife, Mother, and I went on a trip to the Grand Cayman Islands. We had a great time and did some scuba diving. Dad has some property there and we enjoyed the week with great food and company.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
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On the way back, Dad got pulled aside after the screening. To make a long story short, the coat he had was one we used to go shooting in Oct of 2013. It had a hole in the pocket where one live round (.38) fell into the liner of his coat. The Caymans have a zero tolerance policy for firearms related offenses. He was immediately arrested from the airport, taken to jail, and booked. We had to get the US Consulate involved in this process from the Embassy and he had significant legal fees etc… A mess. They consider a bullet the same as a gun generally.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
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The lessons we learned were many, but one is …. check your coat. Despite the fact he had flown several times (2 different trips in the US with that coat) he had a bullet in the liner the entire time. The second and most important detail to share is that he had his concealed carry permit with him in this wallet. This single item, while causing a fuss in some restrictive states with over-zealous officers, saved his ass in Cayman. This made the difference between a day or two of inconvenience and a large fine vs. a week long ordeal and possibly worse! They saw the permit as plausible reason for him to have a bullet in the jacket and also proof he was not a felon in the U.S. either. I\u2019m sure the fact he is a doctor and owns land there and has been there 20 times in the last 35 years didn’t hurt either. Thought I would share…<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Thanks for sharing, bro.\u00a0 I shot Saturday\u2019s qualification with a 1911 .45, which is going to be my companion for some weeks to come, with seven-round magazines.\u00a0 Reason: one jurisdiction I\u2019ll be going through limits people to that cartridge count.\u00a0 I won\u2019t have my usual backup gun, which mounts a laser sight, with me either: another city I\u2019ll be visiting on that trip has a local ordinance which makes such accessories a crime.<\/p>\n
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The best online resource I know of for staying up to date on the various regs in various places is handgunlaw.us<\/a>.\u00a0 For you Android<\/a> and iPeople<\/a>, the best app I\u2019ve seen is Legal Heat<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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Follow Ayoob\u2019s Law Number Nine: Never break the law. Know the law better than the other guy, and you should never have to break it.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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